Severe Nerve Injuries From Medical Malpractice

Severe and permanent nerve injuries due to medical malpractice unfortunately can occur. These cases can be challenging to win because there often is not clear evidence of exactly how the nerve injury occurred. Recently, I successfully concluded a case of a nerve injury that allegedly was caused by malpractice. That case involved a severed sciatic nerve which occurred during orthopedic surgery. The surgeon denied that he severed the nerve; however, the patient walked into the hospital on the morning of the surgery and woke up with the severed nerve.

Nerve injury cases also can be very challenging because the extent of nerve injuries can be hard to quantify objectively. In my experience, defense attorneys and insurance adjusters tend to be suspicious of plaintiffs who have nerve injuries because the pain caused by these injuries is subjective and, therefore, hard to objectively quantify.